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DAVID TOOP + PAUL BURWELL

Never released before recordings from Logos Foundation live sessions in Brussels on May 7, 1977. 'We were both fascinated by phenomena like diffraction, propulsion, resonance, projection, masking and heterodyning, and by shamanism, the symbolically grounded agency of shamanic drums, animal-becoming and noisy costume, the shaman's capacity to enliven quotidian space with the commotion of discarnate audible entities from the spirit world.' Available as limited LP black vinyl.

OTTO SIDHARTA, EARLY INDONESIAN ELECTRO

Fascinating and unreleased before music by Otto Sidharta, pionneer of Indonesian electronic music.Electronic compositions from 1979 to 1992 that integrated natural sounds and urban sounds to this extent were extremely rare at the time, which gives them a unique form of intensity.

DIGITAL DANCE 002 LP

After the album Total Erasement that includes the more 'professional' studio recordings of the band, this new record is the re-release of their last cassette tape, reflecting another side of their work and the beginnings of what was to come. Available as black vinyl LP.

LUC FERRARI MUSIC FOR FILMS 3CD

This 3CD set gathers the complete work by Luc Ferrari for films from 1960 to 1984 including electronic pieces, concrete music made in GRM and some hybrid including traditional instruments. Very rare pieces, most are unpublished. Including a 24 page booklet.

PIERLUIGI BILLONE BY TOM DE COCK

This the very first recordings of the new collection Contra Naturam, collaboration between Ictus Ensemble and Sub Rosa. Mani, 5 pieces for percussion, were composed by Pierluigi Billone and performed here by Tom De Cock. Available as 2CD + booklet.

KAREL APPEL BACK IN STOCK

DAVID TOOP YANOMAMI SHAMANISM 2CD/LP

Recordings from 1978 by David Toop of Yanomami ritual songs, shamanistic ceremonies and rainforest sounds. The voices of spirits and animal familiars, ventriloquial illusions of sound in dark spaces, secret spirit languages, the clap of thunder that links shamanic trance with the sleep language of Finnegans Wake... Out of these passages of the everyday, intensity flares like flames caught by a gust of wind. Skin burns or oozes blood, the wind blows up havoc as the spirits move about.David Toop's field recordings of Yanomami rituals present a multidimensional membrane of vibrating flesh (The Wire).

APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL'S SELECTED SOUNDWORKS

Apichatpong Weerasethakul is recognised as one of the most original voices in contemporary cinema today. His seven feature films, short films and installations have won him widespread international recognition and numerous awards, including the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2010 with Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Compilation album 'Metaphors' contains 14 soundworks carefully selected from his past cinema and other visual works since 2003. Available as 2CD and 2LP.

SCORN / SEEFEEL / TIMOTHY LEARY LP

Ground-breaking compilation from 1995, linking the post-industrial tribal electronica beats and drones with ritual chants of the famous Amazonian tribe (Yanomami), and words of the 'neuropolitics' pope Timothy Leary, the unification of post modern culture with ancient knowledge and rites. Never released before as LP vinyl. Contains only unreleased and exclusive material. Insert includes an important text written by British music ethnologist David Toop:'Subworld.'

SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU + RENAISSANCE ENSEMBLE

All pieces of the Renaissance Repertoire come from Cancionero de Colombina (around 1470) or Cancionero de Palacio (around 1510). Electronic music Artist Sylvain Chauveau didnew versions of several tracks and added also some drones to the programme. Available as CD + booklet.

UNIVERS ZERO: HERESIE LP

Univers Zero second album released in 1979. A classic of chamber rock music featuring heavy use of dissonance and dark, brooding and extremely complex melodies. 2010 remixed version, available as marbled gold/orange vinyl + color insert.

OISEAUX-TEMPETE: AL-'AN ! 2LP/CD

ANTHOLOGY OF TURKISH EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC 1961-2014 BACK IN STOCK 2CD/2LP

An Overview of Experimental and Electronic Music in Turkey: this anthology features 29 turkish artists: from the electronic music of the '60s to all forms of experimental music of the '10s. Available as 2CD + booklet and 2LP + insert.

MICHEL REDOLFI, EARLY ELECTRONIC IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT

In 1987, Michel Redolfi hit the California Desert road during the Fall, to catch those hypothetical poly-sensorial desert tones. He visited the Mojave Desert, Death Valley, Palm Canyon and came back with an extraordinary album of early electronic music, sparse and bright to express the crude light and the divine silences.